Paint Equivalents

Brown Olive Drab / US Olive Drab -39-

AK Interactive · Figures · AK3074

#41372D · L*23.8 a*2.6 b*7.9

The closest match to AK Interactive Brown Olive Drab / US Olive Drab -39- in every other range, nearest first.

AK Interactive Brown Olive Drab / US Olive Drab -39- is a very dark, muted orange. 4 ranges carry a near-perfect stand-in for it, the closest being Scale75 Chesknut Ink at ΔE 0.6. 11 of the 30 other ranges have nothing within ΔE 5, so a substitution from those will read as a different colour.

What the ΔE numbers below mean, and how close a match has to be

What is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Brown Olive Drab / US Olive Drab -39-?

Scale75 Chesknut Ink is the closest equivalent to AK Interactive Brown Olive Drab / US Olive Drab -39- in any other range, at ΔE 0.6 — an indistinguishable substitute. Next nearest: Vallejo European Thick Mud (ΔE 0.9) and Mr. Paint Bruno Mimetico (ΔE 1.3).

What is the Vallejo alternative to AK Interactive Brown Olive Drab / US Olive Drab -39-?

The nearest Vallejo paint is European Thick Mud, ΔE 0.9 — an indistinguishable substitute. The full AK Interactive to Vallejo conversion chart lists the rest.

Shop AK Interactive Brown Olive Drab / US Olive Drab -39- Shop Scale75 Chesknut Ink Shop Scale75 Artist Range set

Brown Olive Drab / US Olive Drab -39- equivalent in Scale75

  1. A Chesknut Ink Artist Range ΔE 0.6 · indistinguishable
  2. B Titanium Gray Warfront Range ΔE 2.2 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Scale75 conversion chart

Brown Olive Drab / US Olive Drab -39- equivalent in Vallejo

  1. A European Thick Mud Weathering FX 73.807 ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  2. B Olive Brown Model Color 70.889 ΔE 2.9 · very close

Full AK Interactive → Vallejo conversion chart

Brown Olive Drab / US Olive Drab -39- equivalent in Mr. Paint

  1. A Bruno Mimetico Mr Paint MRP-322 ΔE 1.3 · near-perfect
  2. C RLM 61 Dunkelbraun Mr Paint MRP-055 ΔE 3.9 · close

Full AK Interactive → Mr. Paint conversion chart

Brown Olive Drab / US Olive Drab -39- equivalent in Mig

  1. A Interiors Wash Washes AMIG1003 ΔE 1.7 · near-perfect
  2. A 6k Russian Brown Acrylics AMIG0020 ΔE 2.0 · near-perfect

Full AK Interactive → Mig conversion chart

Brown Olive Drab / US Olive Drab -39- equivalent in Golden

  1. B N2 Neutral Gray Heavy Body 1442 ΔE 2.9 · very close
  2. C VanDyke Brown Hue Fluid 2442 ΔE 4.2 · close

Full AK Interactive → Golden conversion chart

Brown Olive Drab / US Olive Drab -39- equivalent in Monument

  1. B AdeptiCon Spray-Team Magnesium Pro Acrylic Primer S42 ΔE 3.0 · very close
  2. C Matt Cexwish Dark Bronze Pro Signature Series S24 ΔE 4.4 · close

Full AK Interactive → Monument conversion chart

Brown Olive Drab / US Olive Drab -39- equivalent in Apple Barrel

  1. B Sandstone Colors 20575 ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. D Burnt Umber Colors 20512 ΔE 5.5 · similar

Full AK Interactive → Apple Barrel conversion chart

Brown Olive Drab / US Olive Drab -39- equivalent in Foundry

  1. B German Splinter Brown Shade Paint System 83A ΔE 3.2 · very close
  2. C German Splinter Brown Paint System 83B ΔE 4.4 · close

Full AK Interactive → Foundry conversion chart

Brown Olive Drab / US Olive Drab -39- equivalent in Liquitex

  1. B Transparent Raw Umber Heavy Body Acrylix 333 ΔE 3.3 · very close
  2. D Van Dyke Red Heavy Body Acrylix 392 ΔE 7.1 · similar

Full AK Interactive → Liquitex conversion chart

Brown Olive Drab / US Olive Drab -39- equivalent in Citadel

  1. B Tin Bitz Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.4 · very close
  2. C Charadon Granite Foundation (discontinued) ΔE 3.5 · close

Full AK Interactive → Citadel conversion chart

Brown Olive Drab / US Olive Drab -39- equivalent in The Army Painter

  1. C Rough Iron Warpaints Fanatic ΔE 3.5 · close
  2. C Strong Skin Wash Skin Tones Paint Set - Washes ΔE 5.0 · close

Full AK Interactive → The Army Painter conversion chart

Brown Olive Drab / US Olive Drab -39- equivalent in Humbrol

  1. C Service Brown Acrylics - Gloss 10 ΔE 4.0 · close
  2. D White Matt Aerosol Sprays S34 ΔE 7.6 · similar

Full AK Interactive → Humbrol conversion chart

Brown Olive Drab / US Olive Drab -39- in the remaining ranges

These ranges have nothing close. The nearest they offer is listed anyway.

RangeNearest paintDistance
FolkArt #352B1F Lemon Custard Shiny™ ΔE 4.1
Reaper #4B4338 Mountain Stone Master Series Paints Bones ΔE 4.1
Italeri #4F4239 Flat Brown 383 Acrylic Paint ΔE 4.3
Green Stuff World #38352E Ranger Green Acrylic Colors ΔE 4.4
Mr. Hobby #3C2D1E Smoke Gray Acrysion ΔE 4.5
Duncan #514239 Cuirass Leather Wave 1 ΔE 5.0
P3 #30281F Immortal Black Privateer Press Formula P3 ΔE 5.0
Tamiya #534334 Dark iron Lacquer Paint ΔE 5.4
Tom Color #4C382F Leather Brown ΔE 5.8
Acrilex #52483B Sépia Paints ΔE 5.8
Arteza #3E2E29 Raw Umber Acrylic Premium Paints ΔE 5.8
Kimera Kolors #54483C Ground Brown Michal Pisarski Signature Set ΔE 5.8
Warcolours #494641 Warm Grey 4 Layer paints ΔE 6.4
Coat d'Arms #543E31 Chesnut Brown Military Range ΔE 6.7
Mission Models #373735 Gun Metal ΔE 6.8
Revell #424335 Olive Yellow Email Color - Matt ΔE 8.5
Creature #2C282A Black Brown Monument Pro Acryl ΔE 9.0
Turbo Dork #5D6164 Black Ice ΔE 16.8

Nearest colours inside AK Interactive

  1. A Pc12 Air ΔE 0.9 · indistinguishable
  2. A Burnt Umber AFV ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  3. A RLM 61 / RLM 81 Air ΔE 1.9 · near-perfect
  4. B Weathered Wood General ΔE 2.1 · very close
  5. B Exhaust Silencer AFV ΔE 2.4 · very close
  6. B Shadow Rust General ΔE 3.1 · very close

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